MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA
MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA
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3 Background information Albania<br />
3.2.7 Involvement of donor organisations<br />
According to the Albanian water supply and sewerage Masterplan (Blaschke et al. 2011), around 13<br />
different donor organisations are working in Albania. This subchapter presents the main donors of the<br />
water and wastewater sector with focus on German cooperation.<br />
3.2.7.1 Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusamenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH<br />
GIZ is the German Development Agency and works since 2003 in Albania. Projects are numerous and<br />
include for example tourism and climate change projects. The focus of GIZ lies on water supply and<br />
sustainable economic development. At the moment, GIZ runs the “Water Sector Reform” programme in<br />
Albania and a programme for support of economy and promotion of employment. For the water and<br />
wastewater sector, four programmes could be identified that GIZ run in the past or is still running. These<br />
programmes are presented in Tabel 3.5 (p.21) with their title, programme period and the components if<br />
they had.<br />
Tabel 3.5: Overview over water sector projects of GIZ/GTZ between 2003 and 2012 in Albania<br />
Year Number Name Components<br />
2003 - 2007 2002.3513.5 “Support to the<br />
Commercialisation of<br />
Water Supply and<br />
Sewerage Enterprises in<br />
Albania”<br />
2008 –<br />
2009/2010/2011<br />
02.3513.5-<br />
022.00<br />
“Advice on the<br />
decentralisation of the<br />
Albanian water supply and<br />
sewerage sector”<br />
3 components:<br />
(1) Support the decentralisation<br />
process of the water and sanitation<br />
utilities from central to local<br />
government<br />
(2) Capacity development of the<br />
Association of the Water Supply and<br />
Sewerage Association (WSSAA)<br />
(3) Rise awareness and acceptance to<br />
low cost decentralised sanitation<br />
systems<br />
2009 – 2011 “Strengthening the Water<br />
Regulatory Authority<br />
(WRA)”<br />
21